"A Lady of Bayou St. John"

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literary work short story

"A Lady of Bayou St. John" is a short story by Kate Chopin, included in her 1894 collection *Bayou Folk*, that explores Creole life and complex female experience in late-19th-century Louisiana.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author Kate Chopin ⓘ
collectionAuthor Kate Chopin ⓘ
collectionPublicationYear 1894 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
explores cultural traditions of Louisiana Creoles ⓘ
female autonomy ⓘ
tension between individual desire and social duty ⓘ
focusesOn Creole characters ⓘ
women protagonists ⓘ
genre realist fiction ⓘ
regionalist fiction ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
hasSubject domestic relationships ⓘ
emotional interiority of women ⓘ
social class in Creole society ⓘ
includedInCollection Bayou Folk ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Realism ⓘ
surface form: American realism
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature ⓘ
literarySignificance contributes to regionalist portrayal of Louisiana bayou life ⓘ
example of Chopin’s depiction of Creole women ⓘ
mainTheme Creole life in Louisiana ⓘ
complex female experience ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
identity and selfhood ⓘ
marriage and domestic life ⓘ
social conventions ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalPublicationForm short story collection ⓘ
partOf Kate Chopin’s New Orleans and Creole stories ⓘ
surface form: Kate Chopin’s Louisiana fiction
placeInAuthorOeuvre early work of Kate Chopin ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor A Night in Acadie ⓘ
Bayou Folk ⓘ
The Awakening ⓘ
settingLocation Bayou St. John ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
settingRegion Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South
settingTime late 19th century ⓘ

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Bayou Folk → notableStory → "A Lady of Bayou St. John" ⓘ